Imperialism & the Modern World
F. Chiteji

For introductory World or Global history classes, especially those that cover the nineteenth- and twentieth-centuries; upper-division courses on global imperialism in the modern era.  Imperialism in the Modern World combines narrative, primary and secondary sources, and visual documents to examine global relations in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The three co-editors, Professors Bowman, Chiteji, and Greene, have taught for many years global history classes in a variety of institutions.  They wrote Imperialism in the Modern World  to solve the problem of allowing teachers to combine primary and secondary texts easily and systematically to follow major themes in global history (some readers use primary materials exclusively.  Some focus on secondary arguments).  This book is more focused than other readers on the markets for those teachers who are offering more specialized world history courses-one important trend in global history is away from simply trying to cover everything to teaching real connections in more chronologically and thematically focused courses.  The reader also provides a genuine diversity of global perspectives and invites students to study seriously world history from a critical framework.  Too many readers offer a smorgasbord approach to world history that leaves students dazed and confused.  This reader avoids that approach and will therefore solve many problems that teachers have in constructing and teaching world history courses at the introductory or upper-division levels.  The reader will allow show students how to read historical documents through a hands-on demonstration in the introduction.  The book also incorporates images as visual documents.  Finally, the book conceives of global history in the widest possible terms; it contains pieces on political, diplomatic, economic, and military history, to be sure, but it also has selections on technology, medicine, women, the environment, social changes, and cultural patterns.  Other readers can not match this text's breadth because they are chronologically and thematically so extended.Tight thematic and chronological focus-allows for in-depth discussions and makes this text ideal for teachers and students of world history in the modern era.  Diversity of approaches and perspectives-allows students to analyze world history in a truly global environment and from a wide variety of frameworks. Cultural, social, environmental, medical, technological, and gendered perspectives are considered alongside political, economic, and military developments.  Combines primary and secondary pieces-.  The selections, many used here for the first time in a global history reader, include primary and secondary pieces that will create the analytical framework for effective classroom discussions. The selections are full and long so as to give students of history more of a feel for real documents and arguments. Visual images as documents-helpful for visual learners and creative teaching techniques.  Historical images are presented as visual documents, which further the understanding of the past. Suggestions for further readings, films, and other sources useful to teachers and students to further explore the themes raised in the selections.  Emphasis upon imperialism, colonization, and decolonization allows for connections to be made globally and questions to be pursued in depth.    Demonstrates how to read historical sources-Shows students how to read historical documents through a hands-on demonstration in the introduction.    The editors supply the necessary background and context for each reading, each chapter, and the study of global history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.   Combines some standards in the field of global history with fresh new pieces and different voices, which allows teachers and students to investigate a wide diversity of topics.

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Wydawnictwo: angielskie
Data wydania: b.d
Kategoria: Socjologia, filozofia
ISBN: 978-0-13-189905-6
Liczba stron: 0